In 2002, a year before the city of Caravaca, Spain celebrated its first local Jubilee, the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger made a pilgrimage to the city. This was the moment he imparted a blessing with a relic of Jesus' Cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it was not a one-time visit. The Cardinal spent several days in the region to attend a Christology congress organized by the Catholic University of Murcia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MAR\u00cdA DOLORES GARC\u00cdA It was in Caravaca that Cardinal Ratzinger closed the congress. And 22 years later, the locals have not forgotten his words there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MAR\u00cdA DOLORES GARC\u00cdA But what few expected was that three years later Ratzinger's name would be heard from the balcony of the Vatican.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Cardinal would end up being better known as Benedict XVI\u2014the new Successor of Peter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MAR\u00cdA DOLORES GARC\u00cdA For the city of Caravaca, those days with the then Cardinal was the starting point for a more personal relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MAR\u00cdA DOLORES GARC\u00cdA During his stay in Caravaca, Cardinal Ratzinger took a photo that later proved to be prophetic. In a museum, he admired a sculpture of the first pope: the Apostle Peter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The photo was used on the front pages of regional newspapers when, on the last day in 2022, his death was announced to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n AM During his stay in Caravaca, Cardinal Ratzinger took a photo that later proved to be prophetic. In a museum, he admired a sculpture of the first pope: the Apostle Peter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":71394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,206],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8DZN65TqdOk","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bratzingercaravacaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bratzingercaravacaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71404"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71406,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71404\/revisions\/71406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
President, Catholic University of Murcia<\/strong>
We invited Cardinal Ratzinger who was in charge of the Doctrine of the Faith. This was a university with a very short history, but he had consulted with some people who were part of the organization of the Dicastery, Cardinal Antonio Ca\u00f1izares, who had a great relationship with us.
He came for the entire congress. He was scheduled to close the congress but had still wanted to be there the entire time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
President, Catholic University of Murcia<\/strong>
He was very happy to be able to celebrate Mass. His sermon on the Cross was wonderful and they keep the text as a treasure.
It was a milestone for Caravaca because it was a great gift for the whole diocese.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
President, Catholic University of Murcia<\/strong>
It was a surprise. It was a great joy for my family and the entire diocese because it felt like Cardinal Ratzinger belonged to us in a way. It was a joy and a blessing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
President, Catholic University of Murcia<\/strong>
We took him around the city in our car.
We don't want to get rid of it even though we don't use it anymore. But if someday, we do get rid of the car, I will keep the seat he sat in as a relic.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
TR: KG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"